Tracers / [18F]ef5
[18F]ef5
Also written as [18F]EF-5; [F-18]EF-5; EF5; F-18 EF5
- Radionuclide
- F-18 t½ 109.77 min
- Modality
- PET
- Production route
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- Stage
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- Syntheses indexed
- 0
What it is
- Compound class
- 2-nitroimidazole derivative
- Target / mechanism
- Bioreductive trapping via nitroreductase-mediated metabolism under low oxygen tension (hypoxia marker) PMID 37161820
- Clinical application
- Head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy planning PMID 37161820
- Theranostic pair
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Regulatory status
- FDA
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- EMA (centralised)
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- Other approvals
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- Brand names
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Clinical use
- Typical injected activity
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- Uptake time
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Reported in the literature. Not a dosing recommendation.
Published syntheses
No synthesis has been parsed for this agent yet.
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Get in touchQuality control Preliminary — inferred from compound class
- Ph. Eur. monograph
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- USP monograph
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How this set was arrived at. base set per Ph. Eur. general monograph 0125 (rule); organic-phase radiosynthesis assumed from isotope/compound class, no synthesis data confirming it -> GC residual solvents (preliminary); conventional nucleophilic 18F-fluorination assumed from isotope/compound class, no synthesis data confirming K222 use -> Kryptofix test (preliminary)
Tests listed by reference only. Monograph texts are copyrighted and are not reproduced here. How these are derived
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Get in touchNotes
Added from reverse module search (stage 6); 5 article(s) with F-18.